# @pcmag on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNOLgiVu7KH
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-11T16:32:48.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PCMag (@pcmag) — https://gondola.cc/pcmag

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The Yahoo subsidiary broke the news it is discontinuing its dial-up service in an undated tech-support note:

“AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet,” the note says.

“As a result, on September 30, 2025, this service and the associated software, the AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser, which are optimized for older operating systems and dial-up internet connections, will be discontinued.”

The company didn’t say how many dial-up users it has left, but there can’t be many. In May of 2021, CNBC said the number of AOL dial-up users had dwindled to “the low thousands.”

The remaining AOL dial-up subscribers will need to find some sort of replacement, which in rural areas may be limited to fixed wireless or SpaceX’s considerably more expensive Starlink.

#aol #dialupinternet #retrotech #technews

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aol, technews, retrotech, dialupinternet

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